Sunday, April 10, 2005

Tom Murphy boasts of sandbagging the Legislature

Murphy didn't blink. I'll give him credit for not blinking. His head was in a hole, and still hasn't moved. But if he says he didn't blink, I'll not challenge that self-assessment.

No blink. Did stink.

Tom Murphy boasts of sandbagging the Legislature - PittsburghLIVE.com Recalling his conversation with Bloomberg, Murphy said in an interview, 'We had this conversation and he said, 'How did you win?' I said, 'Because I was willing to take the city into bankruptcy.' If I were (New York) mayor, I would probably have shut down the bridges coming in from Long Island. ... We just didn't blink and the Legislature blinked.'